The issue was initially bought to light by security researchers Chris Hessing and Bret Jordan, who discovered that any Android applications on an affected handset with access to the android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE permission were able to view all credentials of a WiFi network. It is also possible that applications could have collected this information and returned it back to the bad guys, although no evidence exists that this has happened.

HTC has developed a fix for a small WiFi issue affecting some HTC phones. Most phones have received this fix already through regular updates and upgrades. However, some phones will need to have the fix manually loaded. Please check back next week for more information about this fix and a manual download if you need to update your phone.

It might also be a good idea to change your WiFi password, just to be on the safe side.

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